diff --git a/lang/c++/impl/DataFile.cc b/lang/c++/impl/DataFile.cc
index b0c574630fa..32f27ff2230 100644
--- a/lang/c++/impl/DataFile.cc
+++ b/lang/c++/impl/DataFile.cc
@@ -118,9 +118,12 @@ void DataFileWriterBase::init(const ValidSchema &schema, size_t syncInterval, co
     lastSync_ = stream_->byteCount();
 }
 
-DataFileWriterBase::~DataFileWriterBase() {
+DataFileWriterBase::~DataFileWriterBase()
+{
     if (stream_) {
-        close();
+        try {
+            close();
+        } catch(...) {}
     }
 }